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| Character | Queen Margaret | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Female | |
| Age Range(s) | Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Complaining | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Historical, Drama | |
| Props | Papers | |
| Description | Queen Margaret expresses her disappointment about King Henry to Suffolk | |
| Location | ACT I, Scene 3 | |
Summary
The war between England and France is now over. King Henry VI marries Margaret of Anjou who had been taken prisoner by Suffolk in France in "Henry VI Part 1".
Suffolk had schemed to control the king of England by having him marry Margaret. In this scene, Suffolk and Margaret are confronted by a group of petitioners who were looking to address Gloucester who they believe he can help them. Margaret is disappointed by the fact that all petitions are addressed to Gloucester and rips their papers and sends them away.
She then addresses Suffolk and complains that King Henry depends on Gloucester to reign. She was expecting King Henry to similar to Suffolk in his charm and character but she complains that he is a weak person and is only interested in his religious life.
Suffolk had schemed to control the king of England by having him marry Margaret. In this scene, Suffolk and Margaret are confronted by a group of petitioners who were looking to address Gloucester who they believe he can help them. Margaret is disappointed by the fact that all petitions are addressed to Gloucester and rips their papers and sends them away.
She then addresses Suffolk and complains that King Henry depends on Gloucester to reign. She was expecting King Henry to similar to Suffolk in his charm and character but she complains that he is a weak person and is only interested in his religious life.
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| QUEEN MARGARET And as for you, that love to be protected Under the wings of our protector's grace, Begin your suits anew, and sue to him. [Tears the supplication] Away, base cullions! Suffolk, let them go. ALL Come, let's be gone. [Exeunt] QUEEN MARGARET My Lord of Suffolk, say, is this the guise, Is this the fashion in the court of England? Is this the government of Britain's isle, And this the royalty of Albion's king? What shall King Henry be a pupil still Under the surly Gloucester's governance? Am I a queen in title and in style, And must be made a subject to a duke? I tell thee, Pole, when in the city Tours Thou ran'st a tilt in honour of my love And stolest away the ladies' hearts of France, I thought King Henry had resembled thee In courage, courtship and proportion: But all his mind is bent to holiness, To number Ave-Maries on his beads; His champions are the prophets and apostles, His weapons holy saws of sacred writ, His study is his tilt-yard, and his loves Are brazen images of canonized saints. I would the college of the cardinals Would choose him pope, and carry him to Rome, And set the triple crown upon his head: That were a state fit for his holiness. |
Comments
A good way to perform the monologue would be to have actors play the petitioners and Suffolk. Margaret starts the monologue by taking the petition papers from them and tearing the papers. Then she addresses Suffolk and expresses all her disappointments about King Henry.
